Thomas --- On Wed, 10/15/08, Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] bottled water scam exposed
> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 5:49 AM
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_sc/impure_bottled_water
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> I understand that Nestle wants to sue a local gov in FL for
> running a campaign claiming that their tap water is as safe
> as bottled water. This finding will throw a monkey
> wrench to that effort.
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> I always consider bottled water an ultimate scam - selling
> milk to the cow, all marketing hype zero substance. I use
> tap water whenever possible (except in tropical countries,
> for otheriwse I would get sick). What I find perplexing,
> however, is that how easy it is for the industry shysters
> to bamboozle large numbers of otherwise intelligent people
> into paying a high premium on a commonplace substance.
> What is next, bottled air?
> Wojtek
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